Khedira thuds the ball into advert hoardings after another close shave for the Italian defence.

De Rossi just went down and hobbled a bit but back up. Was slight injury doubt before the match.

WARSAW (Reuters) – Germany’s bid to reach the Euro 2012 final by beating Italy for the first time in 17 years on Thursday looks strong with Joachim Loew’s young side on song while Cesare Prandelli’s team have injury doubts.

The Germans will be wary however, as when they last met in a competitive outing at the 2006 World Cup on home soil the Italians crashed their party with a 2-0 semi-final win, Germany’s first loss in Dortmund.

WARSAW, June 28 (Reuters) – Germany’s bid to reach the Euro
2012 final by beating Italy for the first time in 17 years on
Thursday looks strong with Joachim Loew’s young side on song
while Cesare Prandelli’s team have injury doubts.

The Germans will be wary however, as when they last met in a
competitive outing at the 2006 World Cup on home soil the
Italians crashed their party with a 2-0 semi-final win,
Germany’s first loss in Dortmund.